29 When midday was past, they [a]raved (A)until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice; but there was no voice, no one answered, and no [b]one paid attention.

30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came near to him. And (B)he repaired the altar of the Lord which had been torn down. 31 Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “(C)Israel shall be your name.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 18:29 Lit prophesied
  2. 1 Kings 18:29 Lit attentiveness

29 Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice.(A) But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.(B)

30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar(C) of the Lord, which had been torn down. 31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.”(D)

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